Mary Lou McDonald open to forming 'new and transformative' left Govt if current talks fail

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said her party would play a lead role in trying to form "a truly new and transformative government for change" if the programme for government discussions are sundered this weekend.

Mary Lou McDonald. Photo:Gareth Chaney/Collins

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said if the programme for government discussions between Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party are sundered this weekend then there will have to be talks on all sides and that her party would play a lead role in trying to form “a truly new and transformative government for change.”